1918 -- Jack Dempsey knocks out Carl Morris in 14 seconds...

December 16, 2006

1918 -- Jack Dempsey knocks out Carl Morris in 14 seconds in a heavyweight bout in New Orleans. 1930 -- Golfer Bobby Jones wins the first James E. Sullivan Award. 1940 -- Joe Louis knocks out Al McCoy in the sixth round at the Boston Garden to retain the world heavyweight title. 1945 -- The Cleveland Rams beat the Washington Redskins 15-14 for the NFL championship. The deciding play turns out to be a first-quarter automatic safety when the Redskins' Sammy Baugh passes from his own end zone and the wind carries the ball into the goal post. 1967 -- Wilt Chamberlain of the Philadelphia Warriors scores 68 points in a 143-123 victory over the Chicago Bulls. 1973 -- O.J. Simpson of the Buffalo Bills rushes for 200 yards in a 34-14 victory over the New York Jets and sets an NFL record with 2,003 yards rushing for the season. Simpson needed only 61 yards to break Jim Brown's NFL single-season rushing record of 1,863 yards set in 1963. 1990 -- Warren Moon passes for 527 yards -- the second-greatest passing day in NFL history -- as the Houston Oilers beat Kansas City 27-10. 2003 -- New Orleans Saints receiver Joe Horn is fined $30,000 by the NFL for making a choreographed cell-phone call in the end zone to celebrate a touchdown during the Saints' 45-7 rout of the New York Giants two days earlier.